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Collected empties can be a lucrative source of income. If it weren’t for the annoying waiting time at the machine. Things work differently in an Edeka branch.
Munich – Anyone who puts their empties in the Supermarket or discount store brings, gets a little money back. Sometimes The deposit voucher can also be quite generous, as was recently the case with a Kaufland customer. Then one or two upcoming weekly purchases are secured. The profits from a supermarket customer in Germany were similarly lucrative. And despite a huge amount of empties, he got his Pfandbon in a matter of seconds.
Deposit collector brings shopping cart full of empties to Edeka – “That was so fun”
On Instagram a user publishes a video. He had apparently collected an extremely large amount of empties and brought them back to the supermarket. In one Edekabranch was payday for “two days of city festivals and almost ten hours of collecting deposits”. But at the deposit machine it only took him a few seconds to deal with the never-ending mass of empty cans and bottles before all the empties had disappeared. “It was so much fun,” said the supermarket customer, describing his experience at the reverse vending machine. And in the clip he showed why the process didn’t cost him any nerves.
A customer brought this overfilled shopping cart to the supermarket. However, he received his empties receipt extremely quickly. © Screenshot/Reddit.com
Normally, deposit collectors with enormous quantities of empties do not make themselves popular with everyone. Customers who queue behind them at the deposit machine sometimes react with irritation. And that too Supermarket staff are not always happy about customers bringing bags of empties into the store. In the Edeka branch that the customer in question went to in his Instagram video, even particularly diligent deposit collectors are unlikely to cause any worry lines among the staff. Thanks to a revolutionary deposit machine: The device swallows entire plastic bags full of empties in seconds – thereby extremely speeding up the deposit return process.
Deposit collectors bring bags full of bottles and cans to the Edeka branch – and only need a few minutes at the machine
The video first shows a shopping cart overflowing. There are numerous bulging plastic bags with empties in and on the shopping cart. Nevertheless, the deposit collector was able to get his deposit vouchers out of the machine in a matter of seconds for this impressive amount of empty cans and bottles. “Collecting deposits pays off. “At the machine that counts the bottles itself,” the Edeka customer wrote about his video.
And sure enough: he poured several bags into the deposit machine, closed the lid and the counting began. Less than a minute later the yield was displayed. The deposit collector repeated the process a few more times. At the checkout he ended up with a payout amount of 153.59 euros. The fact that it hardly took any time to do this impressed many users. The reactions ranged from “Strong” to “The machines are cool, we don’t have them”. One user asked: “Where is the cool deposit machine? This is great for me as a wheelchair user.” Another user suspected that this could be found in an Edeka branch in Dresden. However, this was not confirmed by the deposit collector.
Do deposit collectors have to pay tax on their proceeds? Federal Ministry of Finance clarifies
However, there were other voices too. Some users warned the deposit collector – sometimes half seriously – to pay taxes on their income from the collected empties. As a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Finance said br taxes on deposit bottles and cans are only payable under very specific conditions. If a deposit collector’s annual income exceeds the basic tax allowance of 11,604 euros, he or she must pay tax on all income above that amount.
On the other hand, one user was not very convinced about the deposit machine with a huge capacity, and in the comment column under the post he simply wrote: “They suck. A lot goes through and he doesn’t count all the bottles accurately.” It’s difficult to say whether that’s really the case. However, it may be worth the time saved, especially for those who collect deposits a lot, if a few bottles and cans slip through the super reverse vending machine. Meanwhile A detail on a Rewe deposit machine recently caused a laugh. (kh)
